The impact of assumptions about founder relationships on the effectiveness of captive breeding strategies

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1439-1450

  Rudnick, Jamie A ^a   Lacy, Robert C ^a  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Gene diversity; Inbreeding; Kinship; Relatedness; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; KINSHIP; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 55949120274     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9472-2     Document Type: Article

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